Blue whales are the largest animals on Earth, but we know surprisingly little about their complex social interactions-and they’ve rarely been recorded on camera. But new footage filmed off the coast of Sri Lanka by pro whale photographer Patrick Dykstra, in conjunction with blue whale scientist Howard Martenstyn, may be a first.

It was announced earlier this month that Zimmer and Radiohead had worked together on recording an orchestrally re-imagined version of Radiohead’s song Bloom, which originally featured on their 2011 album The King Of Limbs. The new track, called (ocean) Bloom, sees Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke in a new recording of the track, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Stunning underwater footage recently caught the moment a 35,000-pound humpback whale nearly swallowed a diver in the Norwegian Sea. Patrick Dykstra, the owner of Picture Adventure Expeditions, told ABC News today that the close encounter happened this Monday, when he was leading photographers on an underwater expedition off the coast of northern Norway.

Photographer Patrick Dyksta was underwater filming orcas in Norway All of a sudden, a 35,000lb humpback whale nearly collided with him The massive beast changed course at the last moment This is the astonishing moment an enormous humpback whale nearly crashed straight into a diver.

Oceans boil with hundreds of graceful dolphins as they combine families to form rare superpods. As social creatures, dolphins live in pods and family groups – which usually contain between two and 40 members – but sometimes they will form larger pods with hundreds or even thousands of dolphins.

Known for his willingness to take his camera into areas where others would prefer not to go, Patrick Dykstra has captured incredible images both above and below the waves. From capturing Yemeni tribes to shooting underwater Antarctic icebergs, Dykstra has carved a career out of picturing the extraordinary.

Incredible footage has captured rare angles of more than one hundred killer whales in the wild. Filmed in November in the fjords of northern Norway, it was shot by wildlife filmmaker Patrick Dykstra. The 36-year-old was able to capture incredible close-up shots of the whales in the freezing Arctic water – and also employed a drone to take stunning aerial views of the magnificent sea mammals.

Shot in November by wildlife filmmaker Patrick Dykstra, 36, in Northern Norway, this incredibly rare footage shows the giant sea mammals hunting in unison. The US photographer saw around 100 humpbacks in the same area, each weighing around 30 tons. Lunge feeding involves whales swallowing massive amounts of fish and then pushing out the water with their tongues.

Patrick Dykstra, the wildlife photographer who’s responsible for the video above, has been following and documenting groups of whales for some time now. To create this video, he used drones to capture these fantastic aerial shots of a pod of humpback whales feeding on herring. Humpback whales are the largest animals on the planet.

Patrick Dykstra captured footage in what was reported to be one of the best whale watching seasons in Sri Lanka The photographer recorded a baby whale being fed by its mother a nd took rare pictures of pygmy sperm whales Tourist can join a professional photography team and get up-close photographs with Natural World Safaris The waters of Sri Lanka are one of the best places to see the majestic blue whale – and a photographer who films them there has underlined exactly why.

Lucky divers had the opportunity to get up close to a magnificent pod of sperm whales as they swam past them during an underwater ‘safari’ trip. Filmed near the shores of island country Dominica, this incredible footage was shot by US videographer Patrick Dykstra, 35, who has been photographing whales for over ten years.

This is the thrilling moment a man achieved his life’s dream and get up close and personal with the largest creatures ever to have lived. Filmmaker Partick Dykstra took photos and recorded footage via a remote control drone of his brush with blue whales.

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